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Pages past - Aug. 9

On this date ...

1972: The Old Timers of Melrose had put together their annual celebration.

Old Timers' Day kicked off with The Grand Ole Opry, a performance sponsored by the senior citizens of Melrose.

It featured the Clovis Senior Citizens band, the Melrose Senior Citizens Band (in their new uniforms) and a host of other Melrose talent.

1972: Clovis school officials decided that reduced-price school meals would be removed from Clovis schools and the price of regular school lunches would go up a nickel.

Jane Hammond, head of the school lunch program, said the reduced- and free-lunch system had put the cafeteria in a deficit of $8,000.

School board members also decided to give cafeteria cooks a raise of 30 cents an hour. Cafeteria managers received a raise of $30 a month.

Pages Past is compiled by Anna George. She can be contacted at: [email protected]

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